xvi, 437 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

"An update of the popular overview, A History of Science in Society traces the development of scientific thought throughout the ages. Beginning with the philosophy of the Ancient Greeks and Romans and proceeding through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and through to the present-day, the book presents key developments in scientific thought and theory. The new edition includes more material on non-Western science; new material on ethics, climate change, and corporate science in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; more than 90 illustrations; updated timelines; and study questions designed to guide students."--

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- The origins of natural philosophy -- The Roman era and the rise of Islam -- The revival of natural philosophy in western Europe -- Science in the Renaissance : the courtly philosophers -- Scientific revolution : contested territory -- The enlightenment and enterprise -- Science and empire -- Entering the atomic age -- Science and war -- The death of certainty -- 1957 : the year the world became a planet -- Man on the moon, microwave in the kitchen -- Science and new frontiers : potential and peril in the new millennium

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